Ape 4th Birthday at The Warehouse Project

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Saturday 10th October

Ape 4th Birthday

£17.50 / 21:30 - 05:00

Roni Size & Dynamite MC
Congo Natty AKA Rebel MC with Tenor Fly & Top Cat
Friction
Beardyman [ Live ]
David 'Ram Jam' Rodigan
The Bug [ Live ] Featuring: Flowdan & Daddy Freddy
Freq Nasty
DJ Krush
Benji B
Harmonic 313 / Mark Pritchard
Chef
Tonn Piper & Mad Rush
Rich Reason


Over the last four years, Ape has grown into the most celebrated bass session in Manchester.

With multiple sell out shows at the legendary Manchester Apollo behind him, and a history of massive Warehouse Project events always with a draw dropping of acts, and one of the friendliest and up for it crowds in the land, Ape pulls out all the stops and then some for this special 4th Birthday beatdown. Taking you through the decades and through, hip-hop, jungle, reggae, dub, drum n bass, dupstep and everything in between, check the line-up for this one… Insane.

Roni Size & Dynamite MC

Bristol native Roni Size is one of the U.K. jungle scene's most respected names, with production credits spanning dozens of labels, projects and releases. Size's influence as a producer, label owner, and committed underground magnate figured him as one of the emerging sound's true pioneers. The breakout success of his debut album New Forms finally confirmed his stature and vaulted him to a greater degree of popularity than any drum'n'bass producer, and indeed took the music to new frontiers.


Congo Natty AKA Rebel MC with Tenor Fly & Top Cat

One of Jungle's unsung heroes, Michael West began his career as Rebel MC with Brit rappers Double Trouble and the bubblegum pop hit "Street Tuff". After leaving Double Trouble in 1990, he released Black Meaning Good (1991), an album that featured ragga notables like Barrington Levy, Tenor Fly and Dennis Brown crooning and toasting on top of reggae-House rhythms. Word, Sound and Power (1992) was a further exploration of roots electronica that mashed up techno, house, reggae, ragga and hip hop music. Forming the Tribal Bass label, Rebel MC released "Tribal Bass" (1992) and the Demon Boyz "Dett" (1992) and "Jungle-ist" (1993) which were Hip house tracks borrowing a vibe from the Yard. This heralded the emergence of Jungle.


Friction

Brighton raised, multi award winning DJ Friction is a member of an exclusive club. He is one of a handful of DJ's to have smashed through the ranks and become a superstar in his genre simply through an unbelievable talent behind the decks. This year has seen him add more accolades to his ever increasing CV and is regarded by many as not only the most skilled but the most diverse DJ in drum & bass.


Beardyman [ Live ]

Over the last couple of years Beardyman has grown from being an award winning beat boxer to something altogether more impressive, bringing technology into his live outings to mind boggling effect. Having wowed the Ape crowd only once before back in January, Beardy makes his long overdue debut at The Warehouse Project tonight. If you’ve not seen him before get ready for one of the most amazing shows you’ll see all year.

David 'Ram Jam' Rodigan

"My Dear Boy, I’m a reggae legend'

…For a quarter of a century, he has been top dog in the ganja-scented, bass-heavy atmosphere of Britain's reggae dance-halls, where mighty sound-systems battle until dawn to bring the crowd to a frenzy. But David "Ramjam" Rodigan is the most unlikely king of the sound clash. A trained actor who spent years treading the boards in repertory theatre, he grew up in a military family in rural Oxfordshire, wears a blazer and loafers, and partakes in nothing more intoxicating than "a couple of glasses of red wine with my dinner". Hardcore reggae fanatics who flock to see him perform in venues from Jamaica to Japan, are often stunned to find that the infamous "sound killer" is a white, middle-aged, middle-class and, as he puts it, "follicularly challenged" Englishman. "I look like an accountant or a dentist," admits the 52-year-old, who this year celebrates his 25th anniversary as a reggae broadcaster…’


The Bug [ Live ] Featuring: Flowdan & Daddy Freddy

Kevin Martin a.k.a. The Bug is a singular artist who has earned himself a solid reputation through his numerous projects and collaborarions such as God, Techno Animal, Razor X, Pressure, Ladybug, King Midas Sound… He’s been signed on prestigious labels like Rephlex, Ninja Tune, Soul Jazz and Hyperdub. A noisy experimentor, his music incorporates many elements as diverse as metal, hip hop, ambient, dancehall, grime and dubstep: all holding a similar hardcore intensity. His exceptional journey through sound had put him at the juncture of numerous scenes, making him a prime candidate for this special session.


DJ Krush

A very special 4th Birthday treat for the Ape hordes… Japan's most famous turntabilist and one of the pioneering Godfather’s of instrumental hip-hop, DJ Krush, will be with us.
Fifteen years ago, the blunted, Eastern-tinged beats of DJ Krush's debut album on James Lavelle's Mo' Wax label, Strictly Turntablized, introduced us to the mysterious and seductive world of Japanese hip-hop. Alongside his fellow Mo' Wax "crate digger" DJ Shadow, Tokyo-born Krush personified the nerdish vinyl junkie who delights in ploughing through thousands of records searching for myriad elements to reconfigure into beatific, instrumental hip-hop. The pair catapulted James Lavelle's record label to cult status, pioneered the concept of turntables as instruments that could be "played", and redefined what hip-hop could be.
Freq Nasty

Freq Nasty (also spelled as FreQ Nasty) is a glitch hop, breakbeat, dub, and electronica producer. Born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand, breakbeat pioneer Freq Nasty is widely-acknowledged by critics for consistently breaking boundaries with his music, from his classic breaks tunes such as "Boomin Back Atcha" and "Move Back," to remixes of pop icons like Fatboy Slim, Kelis and KRS-One. At the same time, Freq is receptive to all that surrounds him; for example, his move to London and immersion in its developing scenes in the 80s resulted in seminal releases on Botchit & Scarper. Forward thinking and progressive, his releases evidenced a sign of the fast-moving times. Now living back down under we’ve never actually managed to get Freq Nasty to Ape – until now…


Mark Pritchard / Harmonic 313

A true West Country Boy raised in Yeovil, Mark Pritchard was heavily attracted to the new sounds of Techno coming out of Detroit and anything with the funk as well as soundtracks and library music and most other aural weirdness. His Warp released Harmonic 313 is named after the frequency produced by planets turning on their axes, which it is believed other beings use to navigate the universe - the name betrays his deep interest in outer space and in discovery and science fiction. Using a seductive 60s easy listening vibe combined with weird science Mark has produced some of the most interesting instrumental hip-hop to come out of the UK recently.

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www.thewarehouseproject.com

[macablancas]

if anyone needs tickets without booking fee call me on 07878881007. this will sell out so get in there fast!

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Bad boy lineup can't wait for this!

[Matt3r]

proper

[Matt3r]

His Warp released Harmonic 313 is named after the frequency produced by planets turning on their axes, which it is believed other beings use to navigate the universe

313 is the dialing code for detroit isn't it?

[Matt3r]

or ar you talking about dirtbox?